Good that you have done your home work and posted here for the benefit of other in similar boat or further down the line in future.
So if medicine is a top choice profession, it should be combination of two things. How well you will be able to do at undergrad level and how you can conserve the finances for paying for med school after the undergrad. I will let you ponder over the finances aspects with your family and decide the comfort level. But below are some of my takes based on general awareness.
UW:
Pros:
- You are instate, close to home (but also some students hate that idea), may be able to save even on room and board by staying at home?
- I believe they have lot of research funding so you should be able to find good opportunities
Cons:
- Like any typical public university, classes are over filled (confirmed by the student above).
- You may not have any personal interaction with Profs and TAs.
- You will have to sweat for remaining on top (preferably Manga cum laude level for ORMs).
- With 33% of incoming med school class being URM, you may not have any benefit of being in state during med school application cycle.
How confident are you of the rigor of your current high school? Have you spoken to any prior students from your school who went to UW and how they find the rigor and competition? How about checking with your school counselors?
SLU:
Pros:
- Private university, typical much smaller class sizes and better interaction
- GPA of 3.65 at end of each year seems reasonable while you have a decent shot at matriculating to med school without gap years (as confirmed by someone above that it is not semester level gpa). Also grading and competition may be relatively lower and easier than at UW.
- Location may provide you other opportunities for exploring research/ECs on top of what may be available at SLU. You need to find out the transportation facility though, whether good public transportation available.
Cons:
- If for some reason medicine is not in the plans, you may end up with a degree from a not so fancy school. (you can transfer though depending on how things go)
- The research opportunities in the school may not be as great as at UW and few others to be discussed below.
UPitt:
Pros:
- Relatively easy to maintain high gpa
- Plenty of funding so no issues in finding research and ECs on campus itself
- Location may be appealing
Cons:
Same as SLU above, if for some reason medicine were not be the final destination, not a fancy brand name to have undergrad degree from
UTD:
Pros:
- Full ride
- Location and weather (especially if you are looking for a change).
But not sure about public transportation should you need to travel to explore outside opportunities - Some had earlier commented in other threads that those doing undergrad in TX may be eligible for applying to med schools there as instate with some planning (Personally doubt it though). Something you may want to explore. So if true, you may have instate advantage of both W and TX.
Cons:
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I think competition. It seems UTD has been in an active drive for the last decade or so to raise their profile by trying to woo top students who would otherwise go to UT Austin. So expect a lot of very good students to compete against. The competition may be similar to as at UW, if not more
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Research funding and opportunities most likely won’t be as good as UW and Pitt and as mentioned above, not so fancy school to have a degree from.
UToledo BACC:
Pros:
- Don’t know enough about this, but as I gather you have semi guarantee as long as you satisfy the requirements
- Competition and grading may not be as high or tough as in other places
Cons:
- May not have enough research opportunities
- May have to transfer somewhere else if you don’t like the program or school in a year or so
- Not everyone interviewed may be offered a spot in the med school
I haven’t mostly ignored the other schools like Duke, CWRU etc. assuming you won’t get either merit or need based awards and also because your priority is to going to medicine for which you need to have healthy balance of finances and good undergrad experience (gpa, competition etc)